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VOLUME IX NU1IBJ-U 1
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNBSOT A, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, .1943
SUB: $1.50 Pine River and Vicinity, $2.00 Elsewhere
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Out of the . .
Waste Basket
—By—
MRS. DALE DUBBS
The Story of a Traitor
This week we are going to lead off
with a true story of a traitor Che has
another name) and is well-known here
ai-buts-. We are going to heap a lot
of venom on that man—first as the
mother of three lads in the service and
secondly as. an American citizen.
* * v *
We cannot in our mind, picture a
yellow cur so despicable that to keep
his sons out of service he hides himself behind the cloak of righteousness.
So, we call on all you mothers and fathers, -sisters and brothers—yeah, and
grandparents too, of men in the service. This man said he was doing all
he could to keep his boys out of the
army because the boys in service are
nothing but a bunch of drunken bums,
ami he doesn't want his boys to associate with them.
* * * *
A Crude Excuse
We have heard some pretty crude
excuses for people wanting to keep
their sons out—conscientious objectors, farming and what not. Some of
them are justified and many are oofc
But this man—well it's just too Sad
we haven't a Klu-Klux-Klaa in town
for a few days but we don't think
there is enough tar and feathers nor
yellow enough paint in the world, to
smear a guy lik» that in his true colors—and boy how we'd like to wield
the brush for just a few minutes!
* * * *
There are lots worse places for your
boys than in the service of their country, mister—but if they are yellow
en|ough to listen to your advice, our
boys in the service wouldn't even want
them. They want men—not ninnies to
help win this war.
* * » »
We knew a young fellow during the
last war whose father was on the
draft board and his boy didn't have to
go either because his father fixed it
so. The same lad spent a good share
of the time he should have been in the
army, in the peneteniiary and even his
father's money couldn't keep him out
of there!
* * » »
Y\ e also know a fellow who a few-
months ago was working in a defense
plant in Kansas and who got tired of
his job. He called via long-distance
to a farmer in Minnesota for whom he
bad worked at one time, and pleaded
with him to give him a job and help
him get a deferment. The farmer was
in desperate need of help and consented. The worker arrived, but first he
spent a week at a neighboring town
just loafing around which gioes to
show that he wasn't overly interested
in the farmer's work. Finally, the
farmer accompanied him to the draft
board in their county and secured a
deferment for him as long as he remained working on the farm.
» » » *
A few weeks later the guy again got
itchy feet and decided farm work was
too hardand that he was going to find
something easier. .Right then and
there, he offered the farmer a cold-
cash settlement if he would mislead
the draft board into thinking he was
still working on the farm. He said
he didn't like steady work but was
scared stiff of the army. The farmer
told him he wasn't interested in sitting
in jail and looking out and wanted no
truck witli such a scheme.
* * * *
Don't worry mister, if you have an
authentic reason for i keeping your
sons out of the service, your friends
and neighbors will be very reasonable
—but if you are trying to keep them
out for no good reason, then regardless of the reasons you offer, those
same friends and neighbors may not
tell you about it, but (jhey are telling
everyone else about itl and for you,
they have nothing but flirty cdntempt.
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None of us want our <rooys to! go—we
wint them home with uk safe; and se-
. <ure, and by the time tljey get home—■
if they do get home, \v'e parents are
■ going to have a lot of gray hairs.
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To vur way of thinkjng, there is
nothing in the world quite so thrilling
as the sound of United jStates mar-
shall music, the rhythm* of marching
feet and the sight of a "battalion of
American soldiers, sailors i»r marines,
coming down the street, holding Old
Glory high in the breeze. 4- No more
beautiful picture of couragi'e w?.s ever
painted, nor of loyalty, strfengtt, unison and allepiflnce. These jvoun? lads
are the courageous defender^ of our
country—they are out fighting In a
dozen different places while our slackers are at home smirking.
* * » *
These boys do their job gladly and
willingly, because they have ideals to
keep and the intestinal fortitude to
back them up. They have no' choice.
They fight or die, for "The man in thf'
RETURN. FROM NOME, ALASKA
Paul Schmidt returned a week ago
from Nome, Alaska, where he spent
the past year doing carpenter work on
a defense project. Paul says it took
him IG-hours to fly to Seattle in an
army plane carrying 20 passengers,
most of them service men. They stop-
lied twice enroute. He contirued on
to Pine River by train.
Mr. Schmidt tells some very interesting facts of the north country. He
says there are huge herds of reindeer
that are slaughtered for food and also numerous brown bear and walrus.
He noted one walrus that tipped the
scales at two-ton.
A large number of eskimos are also
employed in that region he stated and
they make excellent mechanics. The
temperature is st-above at 0 a. in., and
GO-ahove in the ey.enlng during the
summer but during the winter it drops
to 52-below. Electric storms are very
severe in that region.
LOCALS
Hiss Leone Rounds returned to Minneapolis Tuesday, after a short visit at
her home here.
Dr. C V. Williams who is doing veterinary work at Winona, spent the
weekend at his home here.
Mr. R. H. Vibert of Oloquet, spent
this week as a guest at the George
Durkee home.
Pine River
Receives $4000
Aid For School
Supt. Haack contacted the public relief advisory committee of the state,
the first of the week and his efforts
brought forth a grant of $4,000, to be
used in the maintenance fund for the
ensuing year.
In June, we were alloted $o,000 and
last September $0,000 through this
same procedure, making a grand total
of $la,000 in the past year.
The local school system, a few years
ago, was badly in debt, but during the
past eight years it has gradually emerged from the "red" and is now in
the best financial condition it has been
in years. The additional funds made
available, may be used for hot lunches and additional projects by vote of
the board of education.
service of his country, truly totes the
load for his brother at home, e'en tho
his feet be weary and his shoulders
tired. To give up would be to die—
and life is sweet if It is built on honor
decency, loyalty and ideals!"
• * * •
A La Fish
Lon Fields is fishing with a vengeance these days and believe it or not,
he broke four rods last week and we
can't quite figure it out. It can't be
that he is jealous of the nice 1 1-4-
pound trout Harris Zigmund caught
the other day—it really wsa a beaut,
but Lon bragged about that fish as
much (well, almost) as if he'd caught
it himself. It can't be that he was
hungry for fish, because Lon and the
•missus and their company enjoyed a
week's outing at Blackwater and the
"company" told us that they had the
best fishing in the twenty-years they
had been coming up here. In fact,
Lon was so tired of eating fish he
wanted to go to town and buy a chicken or somthing. If he had a beastly
temper we'd say that accounted for it
but Lon always wears the same friend
lj grin and even losing four perfectly
good rods didn't seem to ruffle his disposition. Lon says it was all in that
back-hand flip when he was casting.
We knew a guy once who had a pretty mean back-hand flip, too—he developed it spanking us kids!
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A La Snakes!
Mrs. Jim Trude tells us she plowed
a "hunk" of ground for a neighbor
last week and plowed out a nest of
30 snake eggs. The youngsters,
thinking they were turtle eggs, gather
ed them up and upon breaking them,
found each egg contained a nice four
or five-inch snake of the blow-snake
variety—all quite wriggly and ready
to pop their shell. Ugh, snakes!
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The Weatther
l Those of us who fussed about the
heat a few days ago, really got a nice
cooiing-off this week when the temperature dropped to 34-above in places
Monday morning. Those of us who
had a good old kitchen range, hugged
them tight and others "snk" in a little
kindling for the furnace—at least
that's what the kids at our house did.
■■* • * •
But weather is weather wherever
you are. \ Our Don writes from Camp
Linda Vistfi {that's somewhere in
California) £but during the day, the
thermometer in their tent has often
registered 12(f above and -jit night it
drops suddenly to 55. We'll bet when
those kids wftke up in the night their
teeth are chattering so hard they
think they hz-ear rattlesnakes under the
■bed. /
V.F.W. to Erect
War Memorial
at Cemetary
The regular meeting of the Roy Lee
Post and Auxiliary was held Thursdaj
evening. The Auxiliary voted to send
a cash donation to the Rochester ho..
pilalization fund. .Members were urg
ed to recruit new candidates for the
organization for which Mrs. Wolfi
of Los Angeles will present' a ffrsl
prize and Mrs. Dale Dubbs a secorid
to i 1 use bringing in the largest number of new candidates.
Mr. Nelson of Little Falls, met with
the VTFW, completing the purchase o
tv memorial monument for (lie veto:
an's plot in the cemetery. The stone
will be !) 1-2 feet high, -1 l-2__et wide
at the base and a 2 1-2-foot sh.il'i
made of corellon granite, polished di
all sides. The only decoration will be
a carved United States flag! This
beautiful memorial will be dedi<.
by Roy Lee Post 2G17 to all veterans
of all wars. At each corner of the
Specially laid out plot, will be a 12x12-
inch granite marker bearing the Ve.
terans of Foreign vviars insignia. Th
plot, large enough for 96 grfives, lies
in the foreground of the central arc
of the new cemetery, and is Infce
as a free burial place for anyone who
may have been in our country's service.
The plot will be seeded to lawn and
landscaped with a touch of low shrubbery with a 20-,foot flag pole ere
in the foreground. Regulation government: markers will be placed at individual graves. The committee in
charge of the project should be complimented on their deserving efforts.
Plans are under way for a dedication program to be held on Armistice
Day.
Weddings of
Local Interest
the Past Week
CROMETT - CASS
Miss Maisie Cromett, daughter of
Mr. and .Mrs. frank Cromett of Pine
Kiver, was united in marriage to Hubert Cass of Brainerd, by an army
cl aplain at his base at Hart Cord, Conn.
The wedding took place iSaturday evening.
The bride is a graduate of the class
of '!:: ami has been employed ill Chicago for several months.
ARTHUR - VARGO
.Miss Dorothy Arthur, daughter of
.Mr. and Mrs. Pred Arthur of Summit,
S. Dak., became the bride of Stephen
Vargo, Fireman Second Class, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Vargo of I'ine River, at a ceremony in Chicago August
<i.
The groom enlisted in the navy a
year ago and is stationed in New York.
MOCCASIN 4-H CLUB
Red Cross to Hold
Annual Meeting
August 30 at Walker
The Moccasin 4-H Club met at the
Gilson home August 13, with the meeting called to order by president, Clara
Boquist. The club pledge was given,
and I 'oris .Xorinan, sub. secretary, call
ed roll and read the minutes of the
last meeting which were approved. It
was moved and seconded that the ballot system be used in electing officers
at the annual meeting. The club moved that the treasurer give a financial
report but this motion was lost. Miss
Colebank gave a talk on exhibiting,
and the club voted to sponsor a booth
at the Pine River fair. Refreshments
wove served by Doyle Gilson and Wilbur Sevesind.
—Ellen Boquist, Reporter
Local Items
The Cass County American Red
Cross chapter will bold another annual
meeting Monday afternoon, Aug. 30,
at 2 p. m., at the court house for the
purpose of electing officers. Due to
the fact that some of the officers elected at the last meeting cannot serve at
this time, it is necessary to call another meeting. All members are urged to attend.
Sell It wltn a Want Ad! Oall 60
Supt. Otto Haack called at the York
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Linden returned Friday from a
weeks visit at Buck Lake.
Mrs. O. C. Brewer is assisting at the
depot this w'eek.
Mr. and Airs. O. E. Donaldson of
I'arihault, spent last week at iShady
Point
Mr. and Mrs. P.. 10. Wideman were
luncheon guests at the H. A. York
home Sunday evening.
Mrs. ('has. Siebel entertained Circle
No. 2 of the WiSCS at her home Tuesday afternoon.
A. .1. Linden left'Tuesday for St.
cloud, where he will conduct an audit.
LOCALS
Mrs. H. C. Johnson and Mrs. Bob
Brisson left Wednesday for Minneapolis, where they will make their home.
.Warren Grover brought their household goods down by truck this week.
Mrs. Frank Wallack left Monday for
Minneapolis, where she will receive
treatment at the U. hospital. She expects to move to Minneapolis in the
near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Chumley of
Minneapolis, spent last week with Joe
cbumley. Mrs. Gene Chumley who
spent the previous week here, returned to her home .Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dougaerty of
Little Falls, called on Mrs. Lawrence
Dougherty at the local hospital Friday. They were luncheon guests of
Mrs. Sarah Felton the same day.
Services Held For
J. S. Rice Aug. 6
in Michigan
Walker Party
Marooned on Island
on Leech Lake
Mr. and .Mrs. Jerry Hall and ilr.
and .Mrs. Karle Thomas of Walker,
found refuge on an island Sunday,
when their launch struck a rock,
breaking the rudder. They had all
gone fishing in ilr. Hall's launch Sunday afternoon when the accident occurred and were picked up early Monday
afternoon on an island by a searching
party.
(Considerable anxiety was felt for the
missing fishermen late Sunday and on
Monday a searching party was organized and it wasn't until shortly after
noon that they were found, none the
worse for their cold night spent on the
island.
J. S. Rice, a pioneer of this community, passed away at his iiome in
Perry, Michigan, August 5, at the age
of 79 years. Death was caused by a
cerebral hemmorhage.
Funeral services were conducted on
.August 9, at 3:30 p. in., from the chapel of the I.a Roue funeral Home at
Terry, with Rev. C. B. Lyon of the
Church of Christ, Owasso, Mich., officiating.
Mr. Rice was born March 23, 1864,
in Ohio, and was united in marriage
to .Mary Elizabeth Evans November,
1884. To this union nine children
were born.
He resided on a farm in Ohio until
1900, when he moved with his family
to a homestead near Mildred. He was
one of the early pioneers in this district. He lived here until 1920, when
he moved to Cirunna, Mich. In 1927,
he returned to his old homestead near
Mildred where he again engaged in
farming until 193S, when he returned
to Michigan, living on a small farm
near Perry.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Elizabeth and" nine children, Robert,
Dan, Mrsi Blanche Eastvold and Mrs.
Lucy Pederson of this vicinity Mrs.
Mary Taylor of Owasso, Mich., Mrs.
Lena Davis, Mrs. Alice Monaghan of
Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Maud Revelle if
Arkansas and Charles of Lansing; also a nephew, Raymond Rice of Lansing, Midi.; 24 grandchildren and 14
great granchildren together with a
host of friends.
Bill Kinler Writes
From the Philippines
On Friday of last week, Mts. Jennie
Kinler of Staples, formerly of this
city, received a letter from her son,,
Pfc. William (Bill) Kinler, stating
that his health is fair. He sends greet
ings to all friends. This is the first
word received from him since the
fall of Rataan.
Bill is well-kown here and all his
friends will be glad to hear he is alive
and well. His sister, Mrs. Rachael
Robideau lives 1-2 mile north of Pine
River and Mrs. Loren Hagen lives 12
miles southwest of here.
Anyone wishing to write to Bill may
get his address from either sister or
from Lon Fields and there is no doubt
but what he would enjoy a line or two
from his friends.
(Clip these instructions for future reference.)
Public Air Raid Warning Signals
WHEN
Air raids
probably
are
YOU HEAR
Two-minute steady blast of
whistle, or other similar
audible signal.
(BLUE WARNING)
Raiders are
near.
Intermittent warbling, or
short blasts of whistle, or
other similar audible signal.
|^ (RED WARNING)
Raiders pass,
but may return.
Two-minute steady blast of
whistle, or other similar
audible signal.
(BLUE WARNING),
Raiders are
gone, danger
is past.
No whistle, no siren. ^"**
Street light come on.
(WHITE WARNING)
YOU DO AS FOLLOWS:
If a member of the Civilian Defense
forces, you remain at or proceed to your
post.
Blackout your home, building, and nonessential lights.
Turn out street lights, except traffic
lights, if shielded from sky glow.
If operating a motor vehicle or street
car, you proceed at reduced speed with
caution and low beam lights.
If a worker, you remain at your job.
If a Civilian Defense worker, remain at
your post.
Blackout all lights.
If operating a street car or bus, stop;
passengers take shelter or disperse.
If operating a car, stop, park at curbt
turn out your lights.
Take shelter.
If a member of the Civilian Defense
forces, you remain at your post.
The blackout of your home, building,
and non-essential lights continues. Only
traffic lights go on, if shielded from sky
glow.
If operating a motor vehicle or street
car, you may resume travel at reduced
speed with caution and low beam lights.
If a worker, you resume your job. Everyone moves with caution.
If a member of the Civilian Defense
forces, remain ON OiJTX UNTIL DISMISSED.
The blackout ends; all lights may be
turned on.
THE SIGNALS MAY NOT BE GIVEN IN THE ORDER LISTED ABOVE. Should the enemy arrive suddenly overhead, the "red warning" signal would precede the "blue warning" signal. A
"blue" warning signal will always follow a "red" warning signal.
Discuss these signals with your friends so that you will recognize them and know their meaning.
Emergency vehicles should be properly marked so that they, may be identified hy air raid wardens,
at—31 o__!-a-
CADWELL OPENS SHOP
IN IOOF HALL
Mr. Cadwell is busy this week getting the basement of the IOOF hall
ready for his second-hand exchange
store. All articles for re-sale will be
kept for 30-days and once a month a
community sale will be held on the lot
adjacent to the building.
Local Items
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. York were dinner guests at the Harry Hill home on
Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Norell of Minneapolis,
are spending a month at the A. J. Linden cottage on Norway Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. H. X. Oberbillig of
Whitefish, called on Mrs. .Sarah Felton
Friday evening.
Mrs. Chas. Bates returned Friday
from Albia, la., where she attended
the funeral of her father.
P. J. Kleiss of St. Cloud and B. J.
Coleman and C. B. Larsen of Austin,
were weekend guests at Shady Point.
Miss Delpha Duncan was a weekend
guest at the Harold Johnson home.
Mrs. Grace Fuller and Mrs. Anglo
Volk of Brainerd, were guests at the
Wm. Ast home Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Basore of Los Angeles left California Monday and are
enroute to Pine Kiver for a visit.
Mrs. A. Robertson of Minneapolis,
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. Leightner.
Mrs. Chas. Cleveland left Thursday
of last week for Peoria, 111., where she
will visit her husband who is stationed with the army there.
Mrs. Lang of Vandalia, and her
guests, Mrs. MacMillan and Mrs. Sho-
key of Waterloo, la., called on Mrs.
Amy Friday.
Mrs. Claude (Bell was a dinner guest
at the H. C. Johnson home Sunday.
She called at the Orman Stanley home
in the evening.
'Win. Henry returned Sunday from
Grand Rapids, where he speut a week
at a school of instruction for game
wardens.
A group of friends gathered at the
H. O. Johnson home Monday afternoon
for a sewing and goiug-away party.
Refreshments were served before the
guests departed.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Linden have leased their home to ilr. and Mrs. Frank
Smith and plan to spend the winter
in Washington state. Mr. Smith is a
faculty member of the local school.
Miss Bernadine Kline left Saturday
for her work at Shenandoah, la., after
spending two weeks at her home here.
She visited at the John Ackerman
home in Minneapolis, enroute.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford Powell of St.
Paul, spent the weekend visiting at
the A. J. Linden home. Ford is a
Flight Instructor at Stanford Field,
Texas.
Miss Velma King who spent a week
at her home here, returned to her
work in Brainerd Monday. She spent
several days last week at the Lewis
King home at Riee Lake, Wise.
Fred Carlson drove to Clarissa Wednesday, where he visited at the home
of a sister. His brother who has been
visiting here, accompanied him and
remained at Clarissa.

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MAKE
EVERY
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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
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UNITED STATES
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VOLUME IX NU1IBJ-U 1
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNBSOT A, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, .1943
SUB: $1.50 Pine River and Vicinity, $2.00 Elsewhere
t~
Out of the . .
Waste Basket
—By—
MRS. DALE DUBBS
The Story of a Traitor
This week we are going to lead off
with a true story of a traitor Che has
another name) and is well-known here
ai-buts-. We are going to heap a lot
of venom on that man—first as the
mother of three lads in the service and
secondly as. an American citizen.
* * v *
We cannot in our mind, picture a
yellow cur so despicable that to keep
his sons out of service he hides himself behind the cloak of righteousness.
So, we call on all you mothers and fathers, -sisters and brothers—yeah, and
grandparents too, of men in the service. This man said he was doing all
he could to keep his boys out of the
army because the boys in service are
nothing but a bunch of drunken bums,
ami he doesn't want his boys to associate with them.
* * * *
A Crude Excuse
We have heard some pretty crude
excuses for people wanting to keep
their sons out—conscientious objectors, farming and what not. Some of
them are justified and many are oofc
But this man—well it's just too Sad
we haven't a Klu-Klux-Klaa in town
for a few days but we don't think
there is enough tar and feathers nor
yellow enough paint in the world, to
smear a guy lik» that in his true colors—and boy how we'd like to wield
the brush for just a few minutes!
* * * *
There are lots worse places for your
boys than in the service of their country, mister—but if they are yellow
en|ough to listen to your advice, our
boys in the service wouldn't even want
them. They want men—not ninnies to
help win this war.
* * » »
We knew a young fellow during the
last war whose father was on the
draft board and his boy didn't have to
go either because his father fixed it
so. The same lad spent a good share
of the time he should have been in the
army, in the peneteniiary and even his
father's money couldn't keep him out
of there!
* * » »
Y\ e also know a fellow who a few-
months ago was working in a defense
plant in Kansas and who got tired of
his job. He called via long-distance
to a farmer in Minnesota for whom he
bad worked at one time, and pleaded
with him to give him a job and help
him get a deferment. The farmer was
in desperate need of help and consented. The worker arrived, but first he
spent a week at a neighboring town
just loafing around which gioes to
show that he wasn't overly interested
in the farmer's work. Finally, the
farmer accompanied him to the draft
board in their county and secured a
deferment for him as long as he remained working on the farm.
» » » *
A few weeks later the guy again got
itchy feet and decided farm work was
too hardand that he was going to find
something easier. .Right then and
there, he offered the farmer a cold-
cash settlement if he would mislead
the draft board into thinking he was
still working on the farm. He said
he didn't like steady work but was
scared stiff of the army. The farmer
told him he wasn't interested in sitting
in jail and looking out and wanted no
truck witli such a scheme.
* * * *
Don't worry mister, if you have an
authentic reason for i keeping your
sons out of the service, your friends
and neighbors will be very reasonable
—but if you are trying to keep them
out for no good reason, then regardless of the reasons you offer, those
same friends and neighbors may not
tell you about it, but (jhey are telling
everyone else about itl and for you,
they have nothing but flirty cdntempt.
* * » »I
None of us want our